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 Carter, 90, is expected to disclose details about his condition at
a news conference at 10 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) at the non-profit center
bearing his name in Atlanta.
He announced last week that he was rearranging his schedule to
receive treatment at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, where he
previously underwent elective surgery to remove a small mass in his
liver. His prognosis was then considered excellent, the Carter
Center said in a statement earlier this month.
Yet with his father and his three siblings having died of pancreatic
cancer, the disease has long been a concern for the Carter. His
mother also had pancreatic cancer in addition to breast and bone
cancer.
Carter, a peanut farmer from Georgia, served as president from 1977
to 1981, his one-term in the White House defined by national
economic struggles and the embarrassing Iran hostage crisis.
Yet the centrist former governor of Georgia was also praised for
helping to stabilize the Middle East with the 1978 Camp David
accords between Israel and Egypt.
After losing re-election to Republican Ronald Regan, he went on to
champion wide-ranging international humanitarian efforts. Carter won
a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
He published his latest book last month, titled "A Full Life:
Reflections at Ninety."
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In a wide-ranging interview last month about his life with Reuters
Editor-at-Large Sir Harold Evans, Carter reflected on his childhood
in a home without running water or electricity and his concerns
about ongoing racial prejudice in the United States.
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Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have three sons and a daughter. They
live in rural Plains, Georgia, about 150 miles (240 km) south of
Atlanta, where he has remained a Baptist church deacon and a Sunday
School teacher, according to the Carter Center.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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